The Essential Connie Smith

Track Listings
1. Once a Day    
2. Nobody But a Fool (Would Love You)    
3. I Can't Remember    
4. Cry, Cry, Cry    
5. Then and Only Then    
6. If I Talk to Him    
7. Ain't Had No Lovin'    
8. Hurtin's All Over    
9. I Never Once Stopped Loving You    
10. You and Your Sweet Love    
11. Cincinnati, Ohio    
12. I'll Come Running    
13. Burning a Hole in My Mind    
14. Run Away Little Tears    
15. Ribbon of Darkness    
16. Just One Time    
17. Just for What I Am    
18. Love Is the Look You're Looking For    
19. If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone)    
20. How Great Thou Art    

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The Essential Connie Smith
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The Heartbreak Country Girl
  • The Greatest female country singer ever
  • A stellar singer
  • Classic sixties country
  • Essential - Yes It Is
 The Essential Connie Smith
Connie Smith
Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002WW8
Release Date: 1996-04-16

Tracks:

  1. Once A Day
  2. Nobody But A Fool (Would Love You)
  3. I Can't Remember
  4. Cry, Cry, Cry
  5. Then And Only Then
  6. If I Talk To Him
  7. Ain't Had No Lovin'
  8. The Hurtin's All Over
  9. I Never Once Stopped Loving You
  10. You And Your Sweet Love
  11. Cincinnati, Ohio
  12. I'll Come Running
  13. Burning A Hole In My Mind
  14. Run Away Little Tears
  15. Ribbon Of Darkness
  16. Just One Time
  17. Just For What I Am
  18. Love Is The Look You're Looking For
  19. If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone)
  20. How Great Thou Art

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Heartbreak Country Girl.......2007-05-13

With heartache that can be felt through her voice, the CD starts with her debut Classic, "Once A Day", written by Bill Anderson, the man who "discovered" her. Also included are six other Anderson penned songs, "Nobody But A Fool (Would Love You)", "I Can't Remember", "Then and Only Then", "You And Your Sweet Love", "Cincinnati, Ohio" and "I Never Once Stopped Loving You" (co-written by Bill's duet partner, Jan Howard). The disc includes only one song penned by Connie, herself, "I'll Come Running". As much as she's been known for her deeply devoted religion as well as for her music, this CD includes only one Gospel song, "How Great Thou Art". Connie covers Don Gibson's "Just One Time" and the Gordon Lightfoot penned "Ribbon Of Darkness" (also a hit for Marty Robbins). Wish this CD also included these other hits by Connie during her RCA years: "Tiny Blue Transistor Radio", "Darling, Are You Ever Coming Home?" and "Where Is My Castle?"

5 out of 5 stars The Greatest female country singer ever.......2006-10-10

I grew up listening to the Album entitled : Miss Smith Goes to Nashville. By Connie Smith. I am a professional musician because of music like this. We wore out many a copy of this album by playing it over and over again, all day long, day after day, for years. I'm trying to find a copy to buy right now so I can play it till the end of my years on this earth. I love Connie Smith. She's a female Faron Young vocally, in my estimation, and I loved his music just as well. He was another block in country musics' foundation. Artists like her and him built country music. I cannot say enough about this paramount star called Connie Smith. Bill Casey

5 out of 5 stars A stellar singer.......2006-03-31

One of the best singers ever, regardless of genre. This album contains 20 superb Connie Smith numbers, all original releases. Of course, there are always a few songs that could have been included, but others would argue that these suffice. In any case, this is a great selection with great sound. Included here are: "Ribbon of Darkness", "The Hurtin's All Over", and "Then and Only Then". Of course, "Once A Day" and "Cincinnatti" are also here. While Connie's voice is outstanding, it is also noteworthy to see that many of these songs are penned by none other than Bill Anderson. A classy album from a classy Lady.

5 out of 5 stars Classic sixties country.......2002-09-02

Connie had a very powerful voice but knew how to use it to best effect. This collection does not quite live up to it's title - it omits Where is my castle?, one of her best hits - but it's still by far the strongest hits collection available of Connie's music. Where is my castle? can be found on Super hits, but anybody wanting that track may be better waiting to see if it is on Connie's next compilation, probably in the RCA country legends series.

Apart from that omission, all Connie's big hits are here, including Once a day (her first and biggest hit), Ain't had no lovin', Cincinatti Ohio, Just one time, I never once stopped loving you and so many others.

This is classic sixties country at it's best, with prominent steel guitar, but ultimately it is Connie's voice that stands out. I enjoy her music so much that I bought the Bear Family boxed set, but it only covers the first half of her career at RCA, so even it doesn't contain all the hits to be found here.

For anybody who is interested in sixties country, this is essential. Connie was not as big a star as Tammy or Loretta, but she could have been a bigger star than both of them, as her voice has much more pop appeal than theirs. She was not interested in crossover success and has no regrets, even now. She was, and is, just a simple country lady with a very special voice, letting the quality of her music stand on it's own merit.

5 out of 5 stars Essential - Yes It Is.......2002-07-13

The liner notes of the CD read: 'Dolly Parton once said "There's really only three female singers in the world: Streisand, Ronstadt and Connie Smith. The rest of us are just pretending." A nice observation by Parton, Connie Smith does possess one of the more unique and beautiful voices in country music today. ESSENTIAL SERIES does a good job of covering Connie Smith's lengthly career. This is a good place to start your Connie Smith collection. There's quite a few hits here, "Run Away Little Tears", "I Can't Remember", "Love Is The Look You're Looking For", "You and Your Sweet Love", I never Once Stopped Loving You", "If It Aint Love (Lets Leave It Alone)", "Just One Time", "Once A Day", "The Hurtin's All Over" and more. There's also a great biography of her in the liner notes. 20 hits in total. Overall you can't lose with classics like these. This is essential for your collection!

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